Mike Dean
Dean performing in 2023
Background information
Born	Thomas Michael Dean (1963-08-24)August 24, 1963 (age 62)
Genres	Southern metal stoner metal sludge metal crossover thrash
Occupation	Musician
Instruments	Bass vocals
Years active	1982–present
Member of	Lightning Born
Formerly of	Corrosion of Conformity Righteous Fool Snake Nation Vista Chino (touring)

Thomas Michael Dean (born August 24, 1963) is an American musician, best known as the former bassist and occasional vocalist of heavy metal bandCorrosion of Conformity. He is also a member of Lightning Born, a four-piece out of Raleigh, North Carolina, formed in 2016.

Dean sang on Corrosion of Conformity's early recordings from theircrossover thrash era before leaving the band in 1987. In 1989, Dean, along with C.O.C. guitarist Woody Weatherman and Brian Walsby on drums, released theSnake Nation album viaCaroline Records.^[1] Dean rejoined C.O.C. as the bassist and occasional vocalist in 1993 and remained with the band until 2024. From 2010 through 2020, the original lineup of Corrosion of Conformity consisting of Dean,Reed Mullin, and Woody Weatherman, were again performing and recording as a three-piece, until Mullin's death in 2020. In 2024, Dean announced that he was stepping away from Corrosion of Conformity to pursue new opportunities in music.^[2]

Along with several production and engineering credits, Dean also collaborated withDave Grohl on theProbot song "Access Babylon", a return to the punk/metal fusion of old. He was also the producer and engineer forVampire Circus, an album byMaryland-baseddoom metal bandEarthride released in 2005 bySouthern Lord Records. He served as touring bassist forVista Chino in 2013 and played bass on the song "As You Wish" on Vista Chino's 2013 albumPeace.

• No Core (1982, split)
• Why Are We Here? (1983, split)
• Cleanse the Bacteria (1985, compilation)
• Complete Death (1985, compilation) (Metal Blade Records)

• "Albatross" (1994)
• "Clean My Wounds" (1994)
• "Wiseblood" (1996)
• "Drowning in a Daydream" (1996)
• "Live Volume" (DVD) (2001)
• "Stonebreaker" (2005)
• "Psychic Vampire" (2012)
• "The Moneychangers" (2012)
• "Feed On" (2013)

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